diff --git a/docs/cmdline-opts/tlsv1.0.md b/docs/cmdline-opts/tlsv1.0.md
index c2d97e9069..b035bd74f6 100644
--- a/docs/cmdline-opts/tlsv1.0.md
+++ b/docs/cmdline-opts/tlsv1.0.md
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 c: Copyright (C) Daniel Stenberg, <daniel@haxx.se>, et al.
 SPDX-License-Identifier: curl
 Long: tlsv1.0
-Help: TLSv1.0 or greater
+Help: TLSv1.0 or higher
 Protocols: TLS
 Added: 7.34.0
 Category: tls
diff --git a/docs/cmdline-opts/tlsv1.1.md b/docs/cmdline-opts/tlsv1.1.md
index 5548c38060..cd84798c02 100644
--- a/docs/cmdline-opts/tlsv1.1.md
+++ b/docs/cmdline-opts/tlsv1.1.md
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 c: Copyright (C) Daniel Stenberg, <daniel@haxx.se>, et al.
 SPDX-License-Identifier: curl
 Long: tlsv1.1
-Help: TLSv1.1 or greater
+Help: TLSv1.1 or higher
 Protocols: TLS
 Added: 7.34.0
 Category: tls
diff --git a/docs/cmdline-opts/tlsv1.2.md b/docs/cmdline-opts/tlsv1.2.md
index 51858ab9d6..bb16148f22 100644
--- a/docs/cmdline-opts/tlsv1.2.md
+++ b/docs/cmdline-opts/tlsv1.2.md
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 c: Copyright (C) Daniel Stenberg, <daniel@haxx.se>, et al.
 SPDX-License-Identifier: curl
 Long: tlsv1.2
-Help: TLSv1.2 or greater
+Help: TLSv1.2 or higher
 Protocols: TLS
 Added: 7.34.0
 Category: tls
diff --git a/docs/cmdline-opts/tlsv1.3.md b/docs/cmdline-opts/tlsv1.3.md
index ebb7e77c3f..1b5a8a0b03 100644
--- a/docs/cmdline-opts/tlsv1.3.md
+++ b/docs/cmdline-opts/tlsv1.3.md
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 c: Copyright (C) Daniel Stenberg, <daniel@haxx.se>, et al.
 SPDX-License-Identifier: curl
 Long: tlsv1.3
-Help: TLSv1.3 or greater
+Help: TLSv1.3 or higher
 Protocols: TLS
 Added: 7.52.0
 Category: tls
diff --git a/docs/cmdline-opts/tlsv1.md b/docs/cmdline-opts/tlsv1.md
index d5950c7762..2af42ed987 100644
--- a/docs/cmdline-opts/tlsv1.md
+++ b/docs/cmdline-opts/tlsv1.md
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ Protocols: TLS
 Added: 7.9.2
 Mutexed: tlsv1.1 tlsv1.2 tlsv1.3
 Requires: TLS
-Help: TLSv1.0 or greater
+Help: TLSv1.0 or higher
 Category: tls
 Multi: mutex
 See-also:
diff --git a/src/tool_listhelp.c b/src/tool_listhelp.c
index c0b0af792f..9fa756bced 100644
--- a/src/tool_listhelp.c
+++ b/src/tool_listhelp.c
@@ -789,19 +789,19 @@ const struct helptxt helptext[] = {
     "TLS username",
     CURLHELP_TLS | CURLHELP_AUTH },
   { "-1, --tlsv1",
-    "TLSv1.0 or greater",
+    "TLSv1.0 or higher",
     CURLHELP_TLS },
   { "    --tlsv1.0",
-    "TLSv1.0 or greater",
+    "TLSv1.0 or higher",
     CURLHELP_TLS },
   { "    --tlsv1.1",
-    "TLSv1.1 or greater",
+    "TLSv1.1 or higher",
     CURLHELP_TLS },
   { "    --tlsv1.2",
-    "TLSv1.2 or greater",
+    "TLSv1.2 or higher",
     CURLHELP_TLS },
   { "    --tlsv1.3",
-    "TLSv1.3 or greater",
+    "TLSv1.3 or higher",
     CURLHELP_TLS },
   { "    --tr-encoding",
     "Request compressed transfer encoding",